procriação
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.kɾi.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
procriação is spelled P-R-O-C-R-I-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Procriação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “procreation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “processo pelo qual um organismo cria outros de sua espécie”.
What does procriação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprocreation
- 2
femininegermination, multiplication
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. processo pelo qual um organismo cria outros de sua espécie
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of procriação
- procriações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce procriação?
- Brazil /pɾo.kɾi.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pɾo.kɾi.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /pɾo.kɾjaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to procriação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is procriação in Portuguese?
procriação appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).